Influence of Northwest Cloudbands on Southwest Australian Rainfall

Table 2

The maximum monthly cross-correlations between NWCB activity and the southern oscillation index (SOI), GEN, the dipole mode index (DMI), the Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO), and Nino12.

Index with NWCB	Correlation (𝑟)	Correlation month
SOI	−0.52	Apr.
GEN	0.61	Apr.
DMI	−0.60	July
MJO	−0.48	July
Nino12	0.66	Apr.